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Last weekend was Edinburgh Doors Open Day, wherein the Cockburn Association convinces private buildings to open up to the public. I went along to some of the events. It was fun.
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A good reason to call oneself an "atheist" rather than "agnostic" is if you hold the opinion that existing religion must be actively challenged.
You may remember the "nullify the vegetarian moral crusade" campaign by Maddox: "for every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three". This is similar in principle. Every time you observe the 458th mitzvot, I'm going to break it several million times.
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I'm off for a week in Hungary with my friends Andy and Hettie. I'll miss you while I'm gone. |
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Today I saw a community, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) bored, which says
If you request membership in bored, I will come to your PERSONAL JOURNAL and call you a fucking idiot.
Now, that sounds like fun. The world needs more abuse-on-demand services like that. I'm going to request membership.Current Music: Monty Python - Argument Room sketch |
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Celebs Ignore Death, Poverty on MTV Enviro Series
A new MTV series features Hollywood celebrities praising the developing world's primitive lifestyles as earth-friendly -- despite those poor nations' high infant mortality rates and short life expectancies.
The eco-tourism show, called "Trippin'," premiered on March 28 and was heavily promoted in the runup to Earth Day. The show encourages environmental awareness and lauds traditional tribal lifestyles, which lack running water, electricity and other basic infrastructure. Barrymore, apparently enthralled by the lack of a modern sanitary facilities, gleefully bragged, "I took a poo in the woods hunched over like an animal. It was awesome."
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This is so cool! ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) pixyteri made me an Um Jammer Lammy shirt! She is absolutely the bestest and gets megahugs from me ^o^
I've been running around Edinburgh with it (well... how else am I going to get to the show on time?), justinep took pictures.
This is the coolest t-shirt ever!
( That's right! My guitar is in my mind! (2 more pics) )
Apr. 2nd, 2005 @ 06:21 am
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| » I am Jack's sincere admiration of belts |
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So, this past week or so has brought a bundle of new experiences to me. I discovered how fucking sexy it is to wear a belt.
I've occasionally worn belts in the past, but I've generally considered them pointless. Why not just get trousers that fit? Now, I have a load of trousers that are one size too large for me and insufficient funding to buy a whole new wardrobe. I'll wait until they're two sizes too large before recycling them.
The belt is essentially sexy as fuck. Firstly, the buckle draws attention in a "yo motherfuckers, check out my package" style. Secondly, the permanent cinching is like having disembodied hands hugging your waist. Finally, and most importantly, the act of unclasping the belt lets you know you mean business. You might just be going to the toilet or getting ready for sleep, but you mean business. The trousers aren't even unbuttoned and you mean business.
The belt exudes sexuality. I'm so glad to have found it.
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Mar. 29th, 2005 @ 07:13 pm
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| » Meme shite |
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Mar. 14th, 2005 @ 07:24 pm
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| » Sleep with me, I'm not too young. |
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so says Britney Spears.
There's also some guff there about Led Zeppelin worshipping Satan, the Beatles admitting Paul is dead, and Yoko confessing to John's murder. Great stuff.
K5 link
Mar. 12th, 2005 @ 09:29 pm
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| » Tommy Vance is dead |
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So, I spent my day off round at a friend of my flatmates, ostensibly to fix their computer.
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Mar. 11th, 2005 @ 01:17 pm
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| » The good, the bad and the ugly |
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It's official. I really can't stand driving. At least, not city driving. Not driving where there are other people to contend with.
On Thursday, I took my car to get washed after work. I parked at the petrol station, went in, bought a ticket, and was just driving to their car wash when this fucking asshole drives into the car wash ahead of me, parks in front of the entrance, then gets out to buy a ticket. When he comes back a few minutes later, I ask him what the fuck he thinks he's doing (in slightly more polite terms). He says nothing, keys in the ticket code and proceeds to get his car washed.
So this selfish bastard has blatantly robbed me of 10 minutes of my time, without the slightest hint of remorse. It goes without saying that he has a shaved head, wears brogues with jeans and drives a Honda.
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Mar. 7th, 2005 @ 07:25 am
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| » I Love Linux |
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I've got 15 instances of LAME running. I've got 8 BitTorrents running. I'm playing MP3s, browsing the web, writing mail, editing and compiling code. There is no loss of responsiveness in the GUI, despite a load of more than 18. Apple should take note! Whenever there's heavy network or disk activity, Mac OS X 10.2's Aqua interface slows the fuck down. The "really, really busy" spinning colour-disc pointer appears far more often than it really should. The best GUI in the world and it runs like treacle when you get the hardware thrumming.
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Mar. 3rd, 2005 @ 01:28 am
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| » Confidential to Bunny: |
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If it's not too out of the way, a silver one of these would make an ideal gift.
Just saying, you know.
Feb. 28th, 2005 @ 10:32 am
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| » Niddry Castle: redux |
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I went to the aforementioned Niddry Castle after work yesterday.
Yes, work on a Sunday. Such is life. At least I get a shift allowance.
Niddry Castle is really quite interesting. A family lives in it; the Nairns, if the Internet is to be believed. It sits in the middle of a golf course, flanked by two giant bings of shale to the west and north-east. If you didn't know better, you'd swear they were foothills.
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Feb. 28th, 2005 @ 09:24 am
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| » Niddry Castle |
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Gazetteer entry, Map.
Mary, Queen of Scots lived in it once.
The pile behind it is an oil shale bing, which built up as we mined oil shale from roughly 1860 to 1962.
I see this almost every day from the train. Well, now I know what it is and how to get there.
Feb. 27th, 2005 @ 07:40 am
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| » Gah, K5 is down. |
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So, B3ta asked 'what turns you on?'. Most of the answers are either sensible or obviously made up, but some meet that perfect threshold of quite believable yet utterly mad:
Not me (honest, guv)
A friend tells the story of a girl he met who seemed fairly nice and conventional. Until, that is, he went back to her place for the first time. He opened the fridge and discovered it was full of Cadbury's Cream Eggs. It turns out that what turned her on was to insert one of these eggs and get the man to eat it out of her.
They dated for a while but he had to end it because, as he put it, "there's only so many Cadbury's Cream Eggs you can eat".
sinks
i love pissing in sinks
kitchen sinks
bathroom sinks
any sinks.
i havent pissed into a toilet for years
i lost my last girlfriend because of this
and ill probably lose my current one when she finds out!
Knitting women
The concentration in their beautiful faces.
The little clicking sound *haach*
(P.S. Short hair is totaly necessary)
Oh, and I once had an erotic dream about Jane Asher.
So maybe cakes.
What turns me on? Rogues ;)
Feb. 25th, 2005 @ 01:38 pm
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| » Looking up |
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I came home on Friday and found a cheque for £375. The insurance company really are paying my entire excess, as they said they'd do when I finally got through to them. They also said this would all come off the other guy's insurance once they'd finished with the claim. For a change, I believe them.
On Saturday, I went bike-shopping.
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Feb. 20th, 2005 @ 01:19 pm
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| » Going Underground |
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The London Underground song is absolutely hilarious (lyrics)
Feb. 19th, 2005 @ 09:59 am
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| » Bride of Cruise |
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If Tom Cruise was masculine...*
Does anyone else think the picture of "masculine" Cruise would perfectly suit a role of Monster in a remake of Frankenstein?
*: He is masculine: proof.
Feb. 13th, 2005 @ 02:22 pm
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| » Off-topic |
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This LJ is now the number one Google hit for "remonstrare". This beats all the online dictionaries, which seem to be the only other place on the internet where you'll find the word.
Now, if only I had the same influence over "nigritude ultramarine".
Feb. 11th, 2005 @ 11:55 am
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